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Chicken Fajita Bowls

Seared strips of chicken with peppers and onions piled over cilantro-lime rice.

Chicken Fajita Bowls, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
35 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$11.62

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb boneless chicken breast
  • 2 red bell pepper
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 1 1/2 cup long grain white rice
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 lime
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)
  • 15 oz canned black beans

Method

  1. Cook the rice according to package directions. Fluff, then stir in the juice of one lime and chopped cilantro.

  2. Slice the chicken into half-inch strips. Toss with chili powder, cumin, and salt.

  3. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Sear the chicken in a single layer, undisturbed, for 4 minutes, then stir and cook 3 minutes more until browned through. Move to a plate.

  4. Add the sliced peppers and onion to the same skillet. Cook 6 to 8 minutes until softened and charred at the edges.

  5. Return the chicken to the skillet with the drained black beans and toss to warm through, about 2 minutes.

  6. Spoon over the rice and squeeze the remaining lime over the top.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£27.39£6.8510 of 10 ingredients
Australia$57.50$14.3810 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$53.62$13.4110 of 10 ingredients
Canada$109.86$27.4710 of 10 ingredients
Spain23,77 €5,94 €10 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$752.89$188.2210 of 10 ingredients
United States$46.48$11.629 of 10 ingredients
Greece33,35 €8,34 €9 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٩٩١٫٤٣ ج.م.‏‏٢٤٧٫٨٦ ج.م.‏9 of 10 ingredients
Germany39,30 €9,83 €9 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 44,56€ 11,149 of 10 ingredients

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